Hardwire 4-pole trailer connector kit for vehicles with combined wiring - where the turn and brake signals are sent along the same wire. Quick-splice connectors and circuit tester included. Lowest Prices for the best Wiring from Draw-Tite. Draw-Tite 4-Pole Hardwire Kit with Circuit Tester part number 18252 can be ordered online at etrailer.com or call 800-298-8924 for expert service.

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Today we're going to review part number 18252. This is the Draw-Tite Hardwire Kit with the circuit tester and 72-inch long four-way flat connector for the vehicle end. Now this part will provide a four-way flat trailer connector, the back of your vehicle to power your trailer's signal lights. It connects very quickly and easily. It'll supply all these connections, you'll hard wire it to give you the taillight, stop and turn functions and they are also printed on the wires so you know what colors go to which. Now when you do install or hard wire it, this does include a circuit tester which you'll want to use. You don't always want to wire color to color because sometimes that always doesn't match up correctly so what you'll want to do is take your included circuit tester, test the wires in your vehicle, and what you'll be testing, first of all the white wire, it'll be your ground wire.

Now the brown wire will be for the tail lights, the yellow would be for the driver's side stop and turn, and the green would be for the passenger side stop and turn. When you use your circuit tester, test the wires on your vehicle once you find which matches up with which, you can use these included quick connectors to attach the wires to there, just give you the four-way at the back of your vehicle. Now it does use 18-gauge bonded wire. The wire here, the connector length is about 72 inches long. The maximum amperage on this, the stop and turn light circuit, is 7.5 amps, per circuit, the tail light is 7.5 also but again this includes everything shown here, it includes the 72 inch long four-way flat connector for the vehicle end, the circuit tester and four quick connectors. That should do it for the review on part number 18252, the Draw-Tite Hardwire Kit with the circuit tester and the 72 inch long four-way flat connector for the vehicle end.

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Everything is working great. Ill be ordering a hitch and wiring kit for our 2014 Accord soon.

Roy A - 07/20/2015

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by: Wayne N.04/12/2012

Class III hitch for my 86 Monte Carlo SS was received in 4 shipping days in good order. I appreciated the feedback on shipping and delivery dates.
Hitch is well constructed. Welds are "text book" quality and the powder coating looks great. Bolted right up with no problems but required slight modification to the dual tailpipes as stated in the literature.
I am very happy with my purchase.
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by: Gene08/15/2014

Your product was easy to install and works fine. However, one thing that I think would be a good idea, would be to include a set of installation instructions with the product. I didn't know that the metal tabs on the connectors had to be pushed all the way down before snapping the plastic hinge over the top of the tab. A friend of mine informed me of that.
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by: Ray B.03/04/2011

I received my package a day early and I installed my new trailer hitch in the same day. It took me about an hour to install it. I am very impressed with E trailer's service... I will defiantly will order again from E trailer. Thank you very much...
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by: Derek07/02/2014

The product is excellent quality wise. The delivery was prompt and well packaged. Just for reference if you have a 2001 Focus you will need an adapter to combine the brake signal with the turn signal. Otherwise very satisfied. Thank you...
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by: Chris B.10/19/2012

The order arrived without an instruction sheet and without the promised circuit tester. I was not pleased. I will install the harness as I need to use it immediately, but it will require a trip to a shop that I may not have had to make.
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by: Allen C.11/12/2013

Instant shipping. Great value. Video is helpful for install, but written instructions for Ford Focus would have been useful when outside doing the work. I just copied the transcript of video and used that. Problem solved.
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